Written by: Xinhua News Agency
Posted on: June 21, 2018 | 
| 中文
Painted Pottery Umbrella
In the past, when people talked about the Imperial Palace of Beijing, they mainly talked about the three main royal halls, their majesty and solemnity. However, now no one knows when other aspects of the Imperial Palace began to get discussed, such as the “childish” Emperor Yong Zheng Emperor and a new style headset that looks like "Court-beads" that the emperors “used to have” (“Court Beads” was a ceremonial pearl necklace that was worn by officials of Qing Dynasty, around the neck of their formal addresses, indicating their ranks.). Another topic of discussion is a documentary titled, “I work for Repair the Cultural Relics in the Imperial Palace,” and an APP named “Evening Banquet Held by Han Xizai "(This is the name of a masterpiece of ancient Chinese paintings), which was painted by Gu Hongzhong in the mid-10th century and has been regarded as one of the ten greatest paintings of ancient China.)
With these changes, the Imperial Palace has become a logo of harmony between solemnity and liveliness, tradition and modernity, national and international. This also suggests that the Forbidden City, nearly 600 years old, and the Imperial Palace Museum, more than 90 years old, have been appearing vivid and gracious in the visions of visitors and in the life of Beijing’s people and people of the country as well.
Lv Yang, a photographer born in Beijing, is an "Imperial Palace fan." In the past 10 years, Lv, 35 years old, has taken pictures in the Imperial Palace almost every week. Not only does he know every detail of the construction of the Imperial Palace and exhibits, as a volunteer, he often introduces the history and antiques of the palace to foreign tourists. Under the influence of Lv Yang, his 5-year-old daughter has also grown to be fascinated by the Imperial Palace, keen on the story of the Imperial Palace as narrated by Lv Yang, and the games APP developed by the Museum. Lv Yang's feeling is that “the Imperial Palace makes traditional culture come closer to the public.”
In recent years, the 600-year-old Imperial Palace has become active, and has become a popular icon on the network. Dan Jixiang, the Head of the Palace Museum, who called himself "the doorman" and "the interpreter" of the Palace, has also become popular on the Internet. Since he took over the Imperial Palace Museum in 2012, he has been trying to close the distance between the Imperial Palace and the public.
The Imperial Palace, the largest wooden building complex in the world, also contains the world's largest collection of Chinese cultural relics, and is a site most visitors expect to visit. “Are these all the most important?” Shan Jixiang said, “If the palace is great, but 70% of the architectural areas are not open to the visitors, and if 99% of the collections in the palace are not exhibited, and if the visitors are in large numbers but they focus on walking ahead instead of visiting any exhibition on the way, this is not a true museum that the public and visitors would love to visit."
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